Eric Lim

Eric advises on platform formation and investments, operational real estate joint ventures, and structuring investment management and operating partner arrangements, guiding clients through complex transactions and strategic partnerships.

• Advised a global real estate multi-manager on a joint venture alongside a global real estate sponsor and investor into a UK logistics development platform.
• Advised a transatlantic real estate fund on its investment and joint venture with a Spanish operating partner to acquire commercial properties in Madrid.
• Advised a global real estate investor on their joint venture with a European sponsor to establish and fund two generations of European logistics investment platforms with aggregate commitments over EUR 500 million.
• Advised Vega, a Spanish logistics operator, on its venture alongside AEW Europe, Teacher Retirement System of Texas and Migdal Group for the creation of a EUR 150 million platform to invest into last-mile Spanish logistics assets.
• Advised The Townsend Group on its anchor investment in Crossbay, a EUR 550 million European logistics platform managed by MARK.
• Advised a private equity real estate fund on the joint venture structuring, acquisition and post-acquisition management of a portfolio of Swiss mountain resort hotels.
• Advised a UK-based dark kitchen start-up on its proposed joint venture with a European real estate fund.
• Advised Dutch pension fund, APG, on its investment and joint venture into a PRC logistics and warehouse platform.
• Advised UK Storage Company on the acquisition of freehold sites in furtherance of the growth of their portfolio.

Eric advises on real estate secondaries, GP stakes, and asset manager transactions, supporting clients with acquisitions, dispositions, and strategic investments.

• Advised a global special situations investor on the acquisition of GP stakes in a pan-European last-mile logistics fund.
• Advised a global real estate sponsor on the proposed acquisition of interests in a German investment manager.
• Advised a global investor on the restructuring and recapitalisation of its operating partner’s interests in a commercial property joint venture.
• Advised Ardian on its USD2.38 billion acquisition from a sovereign wealth fund of a portfolio of 40 private fund interests and related syndication to co-investors.
• Advised a consortium of global real estate investors on the recapitalisation of an end-of-life commingled fund to acquire interests in a mixed-used trophy asset valued at USD1 billion.

Eric advises on corporate joint ventures, M&A, and private equity real estate transactions, guiding clients through complex deals, investments, and domestic and cross-border opportunities.

• Advised several European real estate funds on structuring and reorganisation of various UK portfolio investments into UK private REIT structures, and retrofitting associated joint venture arrangements into the private REIT regime.
• Advised Hines on its joint venture with funds managed by Apollo Global Management, Inc. and Italian real estate company VI-BA S.r.l. to acquire Aedes SIIQ S.p.A. by way of acquisition of a controlling interest followed by a mandatory public tender offer.
• Advised The Townsend Group on its joint venture with Argo Real Estate to acquire and redevelop Baltic Exchange, a Grade-II listed central London office building.
• Advised Mapletree on its acquisition from Vita Group of a portfolio of purpose-built student accommodation assets in England for GBP165 million.
• Advised the consortium of DPK, Sun Hung Kai, and Macquarie Capital on their GBP110 million acquisition of 17 Columbus Courtyard, an office building in Canary Wharf London.
• Advised LabTech on the GBP245 million sale of the Holborn Links Estate to a consortium led by Cording Real Estate and Tristan Capital Partners.
• Advised Mapletree on the GBP560 million acquisition of Green Park, a business park in Reading.
• Advised Spring REIT (a Hong Kong-listed REIT) on the first acquisition transaction, comprising a portfolio of 84 commercial properties in England and Scotland.
• Advised a German real estate company on the EUR900 million acquisition from a global private equity real estate manager of leisure real estate assets in Benelux and Germany.
• Advised Goldman Sachs on the EUR112 million acquisition from Befimmo of Blue Tower, a trophy office building in Brussels.
• Advised an Asian government-linked investment company on the acquisition of a portfolio of logistics assets located in Poland, Germany and the United States, with a total deal value in excess of USD900 million.
• Advised Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing on its acquisition of prime commercial and retail real estate portfolio in Budapest, and the related consortium arrangements.

Eric advises on real estate investment funds, including indirect investments, REITs, and proptech ventures, helping clients structure, invest, and manage portfolios to navigate complex regulatory frameworks.

• Advised a global indirect real estate manager on a significant co-investment alongside Ares European Real Estate’s flagship fund into a EUR400 million European logistics platform.
• Advised a group of institutional investors on their co-investment with HighBrook Investors to acquire Groot Handelsgebouw, a prime central commercial property in Rotterdam, by way of a demerger transaction under Dutch law. The transaction was valued at c. EUR170 million.
• Advising a group of cornerstone investors on the restructuring of European core fund from a German fund entity into a Luxembourg limited partnership.
• Advised Gaw Capital Partners on the formation of Gateway Real Estate Fund IV which raised over USD1 billion in capital commitments, the formation of various related co-investment entities, and a range of fund operational matters.